Sopore Assembly constituency

Sopore
Sopore
Constituency No. 7 for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramulla
Lok Sabha constituency	Baramulla
Established	1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Irshad Rasool Kar
Party	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Elected year	2024

Sopore Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Sopore is also part of Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Election	Member
1962	Abdul Ghani Malik	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1967	Ghulam Nabi Mircha	Indian National Congress
1972	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	Jamaat-e-Islami
1977	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	Jamaat-e-Islami
1983	Hakeem Habibullah	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1987	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	Independent politician
1996	Abdul Ahad Vakil	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2002	Abdul Rashid Dar	Indian National Congress
2008	Mohammed Ashraf Ganie	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2014	Abdul Rashid Dar	Indian National Congress
2024	Irshad Rasool Kar	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Irshad Rasool Kar	26,975	52.32%	*New*
	Independent	Mursaleen Aajir	6,619	12.84%	New
	INC	Abdul Rashid Dar	5,167	10.02%	16.36
	Independent	Mohammad Latief Wani	2,099	4.07%	New
	JKPDP	Irfan Ali Lone	1,687	3.27%	14.49
	JKAP	Ghulam Mohammad War	1,519	2.95%	New
	JKANC	Irshad Ahmad Tantray	1,154	2.24%	New
	Independent	Dr. Farooz Ahmad Ganai	1,066	2.07%	New
	JKPC	Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Bhat	987	1.91%	2.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	341	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			20,356	39.49%	30.86
Turnout			51,553	45.69%	14.90
Registered electors			1,12,829		8.72
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	25.94

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Rashid Dar	8,429	26.38%	8.04
	JKPDP	Nazir Ahmad Naikoo	5,674	17.76%	4.68
	Independent	Irshad Rasool Kar	5,324	16.66%	New
	JKNC	Mohammed Ashraf Ganie	4,079	12.77%	11.48
	JKPC	Mohmmad Ramzan Baba	1,567	4.90%	New
	Independent	Shahzad Aasim	1,394	4.36%	New
	Independent	Mohammed Abdullah Dar	1,208	3.78%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohmad War	1,182	3.70%	New
	Independent	Zahid Gani Mircha	1,022	3.20%	New
	Independent	Sajad Mohi Ud Din Sheikh	545	1.71%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Rasool Dar	511	1.60%	New
Margin of victory			2,755	8.62%	2.72
Turnout			31,952	30.79%	10.83
Registered electors			1,03,782		14.98
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	2.14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammed Ashraf Ganie	4,368	24.24%	0.14
	INC	Abdul Rashid Dar	3,304	18.34%	14.86
	JKPDP	Abdul Khaliq Bhat	2,357	13.08%	11.06
	Independent	Ghulam Rasool Kar	1,555	8.63%	New
	Independent	Kifayat Hussain Mir	922	5.12%	New
	Independent	Nazir Ahmad Naikoo	840	4.66%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohamad Mir	563	3.12%	New
	JKANC	Ghulam Rasool Shah	551	3.06%	New
	Jammu & Kashmir Democratic Party Nationalist	Mohammed Abdullah Dar	527	2.93%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Nabi Lone	422	2.34%	New
	Independent	Khazir Mohammed Ganie	421	2.34%	New
Margin of victory			1,064	5.91%	2.90
Turnout			18,017	19.96%	11.87
Registered electors			90,259		17.56
	JKNC gain from INC		Swing	8.95

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdul Rashid Dar	2,062	33.19%	20.51
	JKNC	Abdul Ahad Vakil	1,515	24.39%	40.08
	JKPDP	Ghulam Mohamad Mir	1,500	24.15%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rehman Lone	588	9.47%	New
	JD(U)	Ghulam Nabi Sofi	294	4.73%	New
	Independent	Wali Mohmmad Trukroo	253	4.07%	New
Margin of victory			547	8.81%	42.98
Turnout			6,212	8.09%	26.64
Registered electors			76,779		19.05
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing	31.27

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Abdul Ahad Vakil	14,441	64.47%	20.12
	INC	Ghulam Nabi Mircha	2,842	12.69%	New
	JD	Ghulam Nabi Sofi	1,734	7.74%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Nabi Lone	1,257	5.61%	New
	Independent	Ghulam Mohammed Malik	1,091	4.87%	New
	Independent	Abdul Rashid Wani	1,035	4.62%	New
Margin of victory			11,599	51.78%	41.89
Turnout			22,400	38.02%	47.93
Registered electors			64,495		18.55
	JKNC gain from Independent		Swing	10.23

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	24,392	54.24%	*New*
	JKNC	Abdul Ahmad Vakil	19,942	44.35%	1.63
	JKNC	Ghulam Nabi Ganai	636	1.41%	44.57
Margin of victory			4,450	9.90%	1.09
Turnout			44,970	84.75%	1.95
Registered electors			54,401		18.43
	Independent gain from JKNC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Hakeem Habibullah	17,048	45.98%	3.06
	JI	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	12,974	34.99%	14.15
	INC	Ghulam Rasool Kar	6,582	17.75%	New
	JKNC	Mohammed Alyas	473	1.28%	47.77
Margin of victory			4,074	10.99%	10.89
Turnout			37,077	83.57%	3.06
Registered electors			45,937		13.12
	JKNC gain from JI		Swing	3.16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	16,717	49.14%	11.21
	JKNC	Hakeem Habibullah	16,684	49.04%	New
	Independent	Abdul Khaliq Tak	456	1.34%	New
Margin of victory			33	0.10%	20.61
Turnout			34,019	85.90%	22.01
Registered electors			40,609		32.84
	JI hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JI	Syed Ali Shah Geelani	11,396	60.35%	*New*
	INC	Ghulam Nabi Mircha	7,486	39.65%	17.00
Margin of victory			3,910	20.71%	3.26
Turnout			18,882	65.22%	31.83
Registered electors			30,570		16.89
	JI gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ghulam Nabi Mircha	4,434	56.64%	*New*
	JKNC	A. G. Panzoo	3,068	39.19%	New
	ABJS	F. M. Zaki	326	4.16%	New
Margin of victory			1,366	17.45%
Turnout			7,828	30.90%	29.93
Registered electors			26,152		6.83
	INC gain from JKNC		Swing